2x: 7 crews El: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. FRA 4. ROM Eli: 1. GER 2. AUT 3. YUG R: 1. TCH 2. FRA 3. ROM 4. YUG 4x+: 6 crews - No eliminators 8 +: 6 crews - No ehminators Berlin-Griinau 1955: Teodor Kocerka (POL) © Herbert Kiihne, archives Polish Rowing Federation V 2x: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. YUG 4. BEL An easy Sovief victory. 8 + : 1. URS 2. SWE 3. GER 4. DEN The Swedes, having lain in fourth place for much of the race, began their spurt too late, and were just two metres behind at the line. A feat to remember: The Soviet eight completed their hat-trick, having now won for three suc cessive years: 1953, 1954 and 1955, with the same crew, except for the coxswain, and occupying the same positions in the boat. Finals 4 + : 1. URS 2. POL 3. ROM 4. FIN 5. HUN - GER (scratched) A superb struggle at the finish between the USSR, who had led from the start, and Poland and Romania, who both finished in great style. August 24th—26th 1956 — Bled 3rd women’s European championships Lake Bled would seem to have been created by nature for competitive rowing. “Imagine,” says Jean Rodenfuser, “set in a casket of greenery, with the snow-capped Alpine peaks towering nearby, a virtual oval of deep, pure blue, still water meas uring 2,000 metres at its widest point, where the wind, on the rare occasions when it blows, affects ah crews im partially. ” The excellent facilities provided by the Yugoslavian fed eration were appreciated by both men and women com petitors. lx: 1. GER 2. AUT 3. HUN 4. URS 5. TCH 6. BEL Surprisingly, the Soviet Union, previously undefeated in the women’s European championships, lost this tide. In grid Scholz, from Duisburg, in spite of having been beat en in the last 100 metres of her ehminator by the Hun garian, Jenome Papp, recovered her form for the final where, by leading from start to finish, she was able get her revenge. The tide holder, Chumakova, finished only in fourth place. 2x: 1. TCH 2. URS 3. GER 4. ROM 5. AUT A second Soviet defeat. The fine had been breached. An amazing finish by the scullers from Prague, Bartokova and Musilova, who, in fourth position at 250 metres, gradually overtook ah their rivals, to lead by a length as they approached the 750 metre mark. The Soviet dou ble tried to close the gap by putting in a desperate spurt, but in throwing style to the winds they caught a crab. Preliminary heats 4 +: 8 crews El: 1. URS 2. POL 3. ROM 4. DEN Eli: 1. HUN 2. FIN 3. GER 4. YUG R: 1. FIN 2. POL 3. GER 4. ROM lx: 8 crews El: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. BEL 4. DEN Eli: 1. HUN 2. GER 3. AUT 4. YUG R: 1. GER 2. AUT 3. DEN 4. TCH 5. BEL 6. YUG 112 4x+: 1. URS 2. HUN 3. ROM 4. AUT 5. GER 6. NED The first three crews displayed an excellent, powerful style, with a long reach forward and a strong finish, maintaining a high rate of striking. An excehent final spurt from the Soviet quad who, in spite of the efforts of the powerful Hungarians, pipped them at the post. 8 + : 1. URS 2. ROM 3. GER 4. TCH 5. HUN 6. YUG A quarter of the way into the race there was hide to choose between the crews, ah with a rate of striking of 36-37. At the half-way mark, the Soviet crew took the lead and held it right through to the finish. The Soviet team’s prodigious clean sweep of victories in 1954 and 1955 was not to be repeated as, for the first time, two European tides evaded the grasp of their oars- women.
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